Its quite hard without a diagram =[ AM = 6m AW = 3m AB = 4.5m WB = 1.5m WM = 3m BM = 1.5m Resolving at A: torque = force x distance 3*30g + d*70g = 4.5(1.5+d) 882.9 + 686.7d = 6.75+4.5d 682.2d = -876.15 |d| = 1.29m
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